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DALTON, GA-, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 19:
VOL. T.XXTV. No. 20. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
Cohutta Lodge to Entertain Second Gospel Sing
Spring Convention in Attract Crowd
This City
LARGE ATTENDANCE
AT MEET EXPECTED
Odd Fellows of Five Counties Will
Hold Spring Session—Ridley to
Preside — Arrangements Now
Being Made
As a result of the recent fire in
Cohutta which wiped, out tho lodge
rooms of,Cohutta Lodge No. 260, the
spring meeting of the Eighteenth divis
ion. embracing the Odd Fellows’ lodges
of Whitfield, Catoosa, Gordon, Bar
tow and Murray counties, will be held
in this city, local Odd Fellows offering
to their Cohutta brethren their hall in
which to entertain the convention. The
Cohutta lodge will be host, but the
convention will be held here.
Mr. T. D. Ridley, of this city, ?s
division deputy grand master, and, as
such, will call the convention,^ order
on Wednesday morning, March 16. As
it is the spring meeting, officers for
the year will be elected, and much of
interest will take place. Appended is
Mr. Ridley’s notice of the approach-
in ■ convention, which has been sent
to the various lodges of tlie division.
Dalton, Ga., Feb. 8, 1921.
To the Officers and Members of
Cherokee Div. No. 18, I. O. O. 1 -
Dear Sir and Brother:
I must again call your attention to
the approach of our Semi-Annual
Spring term of the Division Meeting
which will convene with Cohutta Lodge
No. 260, at Cohutta, Ga., on the days
ami date above fixed and noted. While
this lodge has lost its entire effects,
lodge room and etc., the brethren of
Cohutta are making plans to enter
tain tliis meeting. Don’t forget the
date and elect your representatives
and send your per capita tax to the
division secretary, Bro. J. D. Brackett,
at Varnells, Ga. Attend to this at
once. /
Contest will be in the Second Degree.
I hope there will be a goodly num
ber of contestants at this meeting. A
number have signified their intentions
to enter. The prizes Hre: First prize,
$20.00; second, $15.00; third, $10.00 in
cash to the winning teams. Notice of
the entry in the contest must be m
my hands by March 10, 1921, without
Daniel Memorial.
My brethren, if you have not al
ready done so, send in your collections
to this fund, and if you have not finish
ed your collections then please let me
beg of you that you do it now. Our
beloved Grand Master Smith and his
assistants have done all they could in
this cause to enlist tho assistance and
cooperation of all the members in
Georgia to rally to this cause, which
will prove as an excellent method of
ascertaining where the true spirit oi
Odd-Fellowship exists.
Copy of the program will also be
sent you in a short time—just as soon
as the brothers of Cohutta can be
heard from. The blanks for making
your division reports will come to you
at once and as above requested please
see that your lodge has ts report made
u p and the tax of 8 cents per member
's sent in before tlic meeting, there
fore this will enable the division sec
retary to get his work finished earlier
so that he can give a detailed report
°1 how the order is progressing in this
divis'on.
1 > Iia.ll make you detailed report of
In .v work during the year which is very
’^satisfactory to me from the faet
iaai there are many things that I have
"anted to do that I eouldn’t do, but
1)e g lo assure you that I have done the
^ est I could in the interest of this
grand old fraternity of ours.
Times are a little bit depressed but
don’t let this hinder the spirit of Odd-
Fellowship in Georgia. Most all of us
ha\e seen worse times than this. I
doubt if :la y 0 f us appreciates this good
A °rl<! of ours like we really ought to.
Lell, j’]] ^ looking for everybody at
Dalton.
Yours in F. L. & T.,
T. D. RIDLEY, Div. Dep. G. M.
Attest:—j. D. BRACKETT, Sec.
Shadowland Theatre
Now Being Prepared
for Spring Opening
Theatre Leased by .Dr. Looper to Ten
nessee Motion Picture Man—Beats
Are Being Installed
to Court House Here
Big sing Scheduled for Next Sunday
Afternoon and You are Invited
to Attend
The second big union gospel sing
will take place next Sunday afternoon
at the court house, and every man,
woman and child in Whitfield county
it expected to attend.
It’s certain that every person who
attended the first big singing will be
there, for the occasion was one of un
usual interest and pleasure, and those
wno attended the first one are going
to see that others are present next
Sunday.
Fact is, singing is mighty good for
folks. It gives a person a new out
look—he feels more cheerful—more at
peace with the world and with al!
mankind, and, in addition, it’s good
for the health, for it’s exercise—real
exercise.
At these gospel sings, sacred music
is featured. And the people who at
tend sing. At the sing held early In
February', the court house was pack
ed to its capacity, and the singers fair
ly raised the roof off. People were
here from many neighboring counties
and so successful was the gathering
that it rvas decided to make it a
monthly affair.
And so next Sunday afternoon, you
are expected to be at the court house
to join in the big community sing and
to enjoy the occasion with hundreds
of others. In some way you will be
crowded into the building, no matter
how large the attendance is. You will
find a cordial welcome, and you will
enjoy it immensely.
MORE DEATHS FROM AUTOS
THAN IN RAIL ACCIDENTS
Interesting Figures Compiled for the
Year 1919
Washington, D. C.—Automobile ac
cidents in the United States claimed
1,474 more victims in 1919 than were
killed in accidents on American rail
ways, according to comparative figures
compiled by the Southern Railway
System from official reports recently
issued by the Census Bureau and the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Deaths from automobile accidents
showed a total of 7,969, an increase of
444 over 1918, for the Census Bureau’s
registration area, comprising about 80
per cent of the country’s total popu
lation. Sixty-six of the large cities
had 3,808 deaths from automobile ac
cidents.
In railway accidents the report of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
shows that 6,495 persons were killed,
this figure being lower than for any
previous year since 1898 when the num
ber of persons using the railways and
employed on them was much smaller
than in 1919. In'the total for 1919
are included 2,553 trespassers and 1,-
S-82 other persons, not either passengers
or employees, of whom a large per
centage were the 'victims of collisions
between automobiles and railway
trains.
The Shadowland Theatre, closed
during the winter months because of
lack of a heating arrangement, will
reopen within a few days—probably
Saturday of this week—under the man
agement of Mr. R. W. Sherrill, of Cop
per Hill, Tenn., who has leased the
theatre from the owner, Dr. S. W.
Looper.
Mr. Sherrill is an experienced mo
tion picture man, having a ehain of
theatres in Georgia, Tennessee and
North Carolina, and he promises the
people of Dalton the best to be had
in pictures.
Dr. Looper this week is having some
painting work done at the theatre, pre
paratory to the opening. Last week,
the seats he purchased arrived, and this
week they are being installed. The
theatre will have a seating capacity
of approximately 500.
Mr. Sherrill is here making final ar
rangements for the opening of the
theatre. He will have some announce
ments of genuine interest to movie
fans within the next few days. In the
meantime, the work of putting every-
thing in readiness at the earliest pos-
s.ble moment is going forward.
This summer, Dr. Looper intends in
stalling a heating plant so that the
theatre can be operated during the
winter months.
First of Work Planned Is
Voted at Meeting of
City Council
THREE STREETS TO
GET IMPROVEMENTS
Otter Streets to Be Added in Short
Time—C. C. McCamy Made City
Engineer for Extensive Side
walk Work Planned
FEDERAL INTERNATIONAL
BANKING COMPANY BUSY
First Big Transaction Announced to
Stockholders
The following is an excerpt from .a
letter to the stockholders of the Fed
eral International Banking Company:
The Federal International Bank
ing Company is no^ handling its first
big financial transaction which con
sists of the financing of the shipment
of 15,000 bales of cotton to Europe.
This cotton is exported by a cotton ex
porting company in the South and
upon its receipt in Europe it is to be
manufactured into cloth and yarn for
the account of the shippers. The
European mills will retain a part of
the eotton in payment of their services.
‘ ‘ The funds for financing this ship
ment are provided by means of accept
At a call meeting of city council
Monday night, the first part of the per
manent sidewalk improvement program
was voted, and a resolution, giving the
mixture to be used, w,as passed, C. C.
McCamy being selected to serve as city
engineer and inspector.
Three streets were designated for the
permanent sidewalks, a portion of the
streets named already having the per
manent concrete sidewalks. The first
work will be as follows:
Morris street, from Thornton avenue
to Henderson street, both sides.
Depot street, from Morris to Emery
street, both sides.
Spencer street, from Morris to Em
ery, all of east side, and west side
Campaign for Funds
for European Relief
Will Close Saturday
About Half of Money Raised Up to
First of Week—Committee Has
Reported
This week will close the canvass for
funds for European relief work, and
the local committee started the week
with total subscriptions reported
amounting to $698.32. It is hoped to
raise the amount to $1,500 before the
campaign is closed-.
The main soliciting committee met
Friday afternoon with the chairman of
the committee, J. J. Copeland, seven
of the committee reporting on the
amount they had raised. The reports
showed the following:
Previously sent state chrmn.. .$106.17
Collection, 1st Baptist church.. 125.00
Sent by Dalton people direct to
headquarters v 85.00
J. J. Copeland’s collections.... 110.00
G. L. Westcott’s “ .... 60.00
G. E. Horan’s “ .... 19.50
John Looper’s ' “ .... 10.00
C. P. Hannah’s “ .... 39.50
F. K. Sims ’ “ .... 98.65
O. C. Alley’s “ ./. 21.50
Deposited at 1st Nat’l Bank... 23.00
Total $698.32
There are yet several members of the
committee to report, together with re
ports from other agencies enlisted in
the work of getting funds. The com
mittee is confident the fund will teach
$1,000, and hopes to see it reach $1,500.
Tlie object for which the fund is be
ing raised is a*most worthy one—to
save from starvation the little children
from Morris to south line of Byron - f Europeall na ti 0 ns. If you haven’t
Smith s pioperty. iyet given to the fund, your contribu-
This work was voted by the council I tion will be received by any member
at the special meeting, and other streets ) of the committee or at the First Na-
will be added. It is planned to do j tional bank, where the money is being
much sidewalk construction work this sent to headquarters,
spring and summer.
REDUCED RATES GIVEN
FOR STATE CONVENTION
s city
V' own
give the property; owners .the right
grade for the sidewalks, making some
changes in the engineering as done
here several years ago by an Atlanta
engineering company. Many of the fills
and cuts as shown by the Atlanta con
cern will be done away with, and where
the present grade of the sidewalk can
be followed, it will be, in order to
keep down the expense to the property
owners.
The Mixture.
The resolution provides for a five-foot
sidewalk, 4 inches in thickness, the
Sunday Schools of Georgia Will Meet
in Macon
national Banking Company. The pay
ment of the acceptances will be se
cured by the cotton itself, also by the
finished products as these are manu
factured, as well as by the responsibil
ity of the trading company and of
the individual owners of the eotton.
"This transaction involving ap
proximately a quarter of a million dol
lars, is typical of the character of as
sistance which the Federal Internation
al Banking Company is designed to af
ford to producers of the South.
"We have under consideration a
large number of other propositions of
similar benefit to the South. The
above transaction is only one of manv
to follow in the very near future.”
MRS. JUDD A DIRECTOR
OF GEORGIA FAIRS
Local Woman Honored at Meeting Last
Week in Atlanta
MASONIC BANQUETS FOR
VISITORS ARE PLANNED
Commandery Banquet Monday Night-
Blue Lodge Following Monday
St. John’s Commandery No. 19,
Knights Templar, will enjoy a ban
quet next Monday evening, the affair
to be given in honor of Eminent Sir
John Murrell, of Atlanta, past com
mander of the grand commandery of
Georgia. Mr. Murrell will be here for
the purpose of inspecting the command
ery. and after the inspection, the ban
quet will be given him.
On the following Monday night,
Dalton'Lodge No. 105, Free and Ac
cepted Masons, will be inspected by-
several prominent Masons, among them
being Charles L. Bass, of Atlanta,
grand master; J. P. Bowdoin, of
Adairsvillc. deputy grand master, and
F. F. Baker, of Macon, grand secre
tary of the Georgia grand lodge. Af
ter the inspection, the distinguished
visitors will be guests of honor at a
banquet to be given by the lodge.
Mrs. M. E. Judd, prominent in coun
ty fair work here for several years,
was honored at the meeting of the As
sociation of Georgia fairs held last
week in Atlanta. She was made a di
rector of the organization. Her ex
perience and successful management of
the county fair here will make her
a most valuable member of the board
of directors.
Low railroad rates have been grant
ed for the State Sunday School Con
vention, which will be held in Macon,
on April 19, 20, 21, according to' in
formation received from the State Sun
day School association headquarters in
Atlanta. It is expected that every
seetion in Georgia will be represented
at the convention, bringing together
ances created by the Federal Inter- foundation to be a mixture of crushed - „ „ „
' ~ " rock or gravel 2 1-2 inches or under,— the lar S est gathering of Sunday school
five parts of the rock with two parts
cement and two parts sand. The sur
face of the walk to be one part cement,
to two parts sand. ,
Work on the sidewalks will be start
ed within a short time. In the mean
time, other streets will be passed on
for the permanent sidewalks.
MR. FRANK LANE HURT
IN FALL FROM WAGON
Aged Man Sustained Broken Hip with
Other Injuries
Mr. Frank Lane, a popular and well
known resident of the northeastern
part of the county, was seriously in
jured Saturday when he fell off a
wagon loaded with hay on the road
near the Chitwood farm about five
miles from Dalton.
Mr. Lane was driving his team when
the wagon hit a hole in the road, the
jar causing him to >fall. His hip was
broken and he sustained other injuries.
His many friends hope for his recov
ery from the serious injuries.
At the meeting, the Whitfield County
Farmers’ Fair association joined the
state association.
workers in the state during the year
R. D. Webb, general superintendent
of the Georgia Sunday School asso
ciation, was in Macon today to confer
with the leaders there, making final ar
rangements for the convention. He
states that the out-of-state speakers
secured for the convention will bring
the best in Sunday school work and in
religious education that can be secured.
Then the program will be further
strengthened by the large number of
Sunday school workers in Georgia who
will have prominent places on the pro
gram
Commissioner Says
Money for Pensions
Is Not in Treasury
State to Pay Confederate Pensions
Just as Soon as Funds are Avail
able for Purpose
DALTON DISTRICT LEADS
IN FINANCIAL GAINS
Mrs. L. Moss returned Monday from
a week’s stay in Gainesville, where she
attended the Woman’s Annual Mission
ary meeting of North Georgia. It will
be very gratifying to the women of the
Methodist churches to /know that the
Dalton district led over every other
district in the conference In financial
gains last year, making an increase of
33 per cent over that of the year 1919.
Mrs. Moss was there to represent the
Dalton district, of which she is secre
tary, while Mrs. B. M. Harlan was the
official delegate of the Calhoun Auxil
iary. They report a wonderful meet
ing.—Calhoun Times.
Here Are the Makers of the Income Blank
Relative to the state’s delay in pay
ing Confederate pensions, Pension Com
missioner Lindsey has written the fol
lowing to Judge H. J. Wood, ordinary
of this county:
Under date of December 3, 1920, a
statement was issued from this office
for the information of that class of
pensioners who were approved and are
to be paid for 1920, under the ‘new’
pension law passed in 1919, for the
payment of which, for 1920, an appro
priation of $475,000.00 was made by
the General Assembly in 1920.
It was stated. ‘Under these un
usual conditions, we are forced to say
to this class of pensioners that the
Governor and Treasurer have no as
surance of being able to pay them
before March 1st, next.’
At tlie time that statement was
given out, none of the pensions were
due and unpaid except the ‘new’ pen
sioners approved and to be paid for
1920, but at this time all of the pen
sioners of every class, both ‘new’ and
old’ are unpaid for 1921.
My requisition to pay the ‘new’
class for 1920 has been filed with the
governor since October 23rd, 1920, but,
for want of money in the treasury
with which to make the payment, he
cannot draw his warrant to meet the
requisition.
"I am ready to file requisition for
the payment of those on the ‘old’ rolls
who received their money for 1920,
but {here is not yet sufficient money in
the treasury to make the payment.
There is an appropriation ofj $1,250,-
000.00, made in 1919, to-pay this class
for 192f, but the increases of $25.00,
for all who were paid as much as $90.-
00 in 1920, and $15.00, for all who were
paid less than $90.00 in 1920, exceeds
the appropriation by several thousand
dollars. The law provides that this
class must be paid by May 1st in each
year, but the appropriation for them
for 1921 is not sufficient, even if funds
were available to make the payment
"No appropriation was made by the
general assembly in 1920 to pay any
of the ‘new’ pensioners for 1921.
"Every pensioner entitled to a pen
sion for 1920 will be paid some time,
but just when that will be we cannot
know, and this applies also to those
who are entitled to a pension for 1921.
Steam Roller with Scarifier
and Grader Attach
ments
COUNCILMEN MAKE
CHATTANOOGA TRIP
In Addition to Roller Two Big Trucks
Are Purchased to Do Away With
Use of Teams—Cost Approx
imates $10,000
V
‘ ‘ I repeat that it is altogether un
necessary to waste time, stationery and
postage in nuking, and answering in
quiries as to when the payment will
be made, for there will be no delay
when the money is in the treasury
The interests of the pensioners are in
the hands of their friends, and no one
regrets the unfortunate condition more
than myself and none feels a greater
interest in the good people who are
waiting so anxiously for the money
that is due them by the state.
‘ ‘ This information should be posted
at the door of your courthouse, and
while there are no funds with whieh
to pay for its publication in the news
papers, I feel sure that the newspaper
men throughout the state will be glad
to do this as a favor to the Confederate
veterans and their widows. r>
SAPP MADE SECRETARY
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
Meeting to Be Held Thursday Night
for Important Work
W. M. Sapp has been selected as
secretary-treasurer of the Dalton Re
tail Merchants association, succeeding
• C. McBryde, who resigned. Mr.
Sapp has entered upon the work with
enthusiasm, and will make a capable
offieiaL
A meeting of the association has
been called for Thursday night of this
week, the meeting to be held at the
store of Eaton & Coffey company.
Business of genuine importance will
come up, and a large attendance is de
sired.
A 10-ton steam road roller, with
scarifier and grader attachments, a 2%-
ton truck, with special road body and
equipped with hydraulie hoist, and a 2-
ton truck equipped with garbage body
will be added to Dalton’s street equip
ment, this machinery having been pur
chased Monday by a special committee
from council. The roller and equip
ment were purchased from the Merrill
Road Improvement company, at a cost
of $3,250, and the trucks were bought
from the Hardwick-Newton company,
the price being $6,000.
At a meeting of city council Sat
urday night, a special committee was
appointed to make the trip to Chat
tanooga, being given power to purchase
the road machinery needed. The coun-
eilmen making the trip Monday were
Messrs. Walter Kenner, Dave Stewart,
J. N. Caylor and F. D. Perry. Other
city officials who went along were
Street Superintendent Will MeNally,
and City Engineer C. C. McCamy.
The committee was given a demon
stration of the work that can be done
with the steam roller, and the demon
stration was such as to cause the com
mittee to buy the machine. A piece of
chert street was plowed up with the
scarifier, pulled by the roller, after
whieh the roller went over it. The
result was an excellent street.
Practically j every street in Dalton
has ample chert, and it is believed that
real results will be shown in the street
work in the future.
The purchase of the trucks indicates
the council’s intention to get away
from the use of teams of mules in city
work. Last year, a motor street
sprinkler was purchased, and the motor
garbage wagon will do away with a
team while -$,be big truck for hauling
street building material will do away
with several teams on the streets. Mem
bers of the council are of the opinion
that the new equipment will prove more
economical and will produce much bet
ter results than the old methods.
The new machinery, representing an
investment of approximately $10,000,
will be received within a short time
and will be put in operation.
NEW FURNITURE STORE
WILL BE OPENED SOON
New Partnership Announced in Citizen
This Week :
Announcement is made in The Citizen
this week of a new partnership which
has been formed here, the members of
the new firm to be J. L. Buchanan, J.
N. Caylor and J. L. Treadwell. The
firm will operate a furniture store in
the building recently occupied by
Shell’s Cafe, and will continue the
operation of undertaking parlors in the
Manly building on King street.
Mr. Buchanan is an experienced
furniture man and undertaker, and
Mr. Caylor and Mr. Treadwell are both
experienced business men, the former
having been in business in Dalton for
a number of years for himself, and
Mr. Treadwell having been, for some
time, manager of the Dalton Hardware
company. Their friends predict for
them abundant success in their new
business.
The furniture store will be opened
about the middle of this month, ac
cording to the announcement.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Services will be held at the St.
Mark’s Episcopal church next Sunday,
March 6, by the Reverend G. W. Gas-
que, D.D., of Atlanta. The service will
begin at II o’clock. A sermon will
follow the morning, prayer. Everyone
is eordially invited to attend this
J service.